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Russia: allegations of torture in the Northern Caucasian region
The Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) has today issued a public statement on the Russian Federation urging the Russian authorities to take decisive action to eradicate the phenomenon of ill-treatment by law enforcement…
Spain: brain zap prison experiment suspended
Government officials in Spain have suspended tests to see if zapping the brains of prisoners can make them less aggressive, following an exclusive report by New Scientist on the experiment. The research, involving inmates at Huelva prison, was scheduled to begin this month. The day after New Scient…UK: des prisons testent la reconnaissance faciale et oculaire
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France: la grève dure, les détenus endurent
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Americas: más presos o más justicia
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Kenya: Kodiaga prison sewage flows into River Saka
Kenya Prisons Commissioner-General Isaiah Osugo has admitted that the main correctional facility in Kisumu has been emitting raw sewage into a river from which residents fetch drinking water. Mr Osugo toured Kodiaga Maximum Security Prison on Tuesday alongside prisons bosses in Nyanza region. He ad…China trabaja en crear cárceles inteligentes
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France: le grand débat dans une prison de femmes à Versailles
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Costa Rica: el subcomité prevención de tortura inspeccionará cárceles
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Ecuador: los controles en las cárceles son frágiles
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Scotland: prisons ‘bursting at seams’ as inmate numbers pass 8,000
Scotland’s rising prison population has topped the 8,000 mark, prompting fears it is heading towards the highest levels since the Scottish Parliament was established. The unwanted benchmark has been reached despite high-profile efforts to drive down prison numbers.Scotland has one of the highest in…Turquie : les enfants sont emprisonnés avec leur mère
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Hunger strike: a last resort for Kurdish prisoners
/ edited on 6 March 2019.* More than 300 political prisoners are currently on hunger strike in Turkey, some for more than a hundred days now. They are denouncing the prison conditions of the Kurdish leader, Abdullah Öcalan, in addition to the extensive political repression in Turkey. According to…
La peine de mort continue à reculer dans le monde
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